Shade for hop-boxes



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UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS PRIOR, Oli WESTMORELAND, NEW YORK.

SHADE FOR HOP-BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,332,dated February 26, 1884.

' Application filed'August 31, 1883. (No model.)

1 b ail whom it'may concern/.-

Be itknown that I, THOMAS PRIOR, of ,Westmoreland, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shades for Hop-Boxes; 'andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, ref- .erence being had to the accompanying drawshade for hop-boxes which can be raised and lowered, and which can be closed in such a manner that the box .can be movedfreely back and forth between the rows of hops. Figure 1 is a side elevation-of a shade embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end View" of the same.

A represents an ordinary hop-box, to opposite ends of whichare secured the two standards B. The upper ends of these standards are connected together by the cross-barf}, to the under side of which are secured the guid ing-pulleys E. The shade is made in three sections, the central one, G, of which slides freely up and down upon the two standards, and is prevented from having any lateral movement by means of guides, which project from opposite, ends of the part G and catch against the edges of the standards. To opposite ends of this part G are secured the cords, wires, or chains H, which pass up over the guidingpulleys, and to the center of which is secured a second cord, wire, or chain, I, which passes down through the center of the part G, under the box from the sun. hinged, and are adapted to'b'e closed into a vertical position, as shown, so that the shade will not'extend out to any great distance beyond the edge of the box, and thus enable the box to be moved freely back and. forth in between the rows of hops. Secured to the outer edges of these parts L is a suit-able cord, N, which is fastened upon the top of the cross beam, so that when the central part, G, of the shade is lowered these strings, cords, or chains will serve as checks to prevent the parts Lfroni descending past a certain point; These cords or chains,'being attached to the parts L at their outer edges, always regulate the angle at which the parts H shall stand. When the central part, G, is raised, the outer parts, H, are allowed to drop down at an angle, or to stand in a vertical position, so as to form continuations of the edge of the box up as high as the top of the part G.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- I The combination of a hop-box, the uprights B, the cross'bearn G, a shade which is made of the three parts G Lhinged together, the cords N, and a mechanism for raising and lowering THOMAS PRIOR.

Witnesses:

JAMES E. MCOABE, BENJAMIN F. LIBBEY.

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